Want to learn to play the piano? It is not only you who is trying to learn it rather there hundreds of others who also want to do so. The piano is by and far the most popular and admired instrument in the world. It brings out combination of many feelings from you like romance, anger, happiness, sadness and many other feelings. Piano is considered to be the most romantic of all instruments, men and women who have been playing the piano will know exactly what I mean. And if any one of you has found it difficult to learn the piano in the past, then don't worry. We have got all you are looking for.
These five steps will help you take a plunge into the process of learning the piano.
1. First and foremost you need to get access to a piano or a keyboard. You won't believe me when I say this; there are a few crazy people who actually think they can learn a piano by just listening to music or by just reading a book. You actually by all means need to have access to a piano to start learning to play.
2. Take up piano lessons. There are many different forms through which you can take up piano lessons and the more forms you combine to learn your lessons, the better you get in your playing skills. If you really want to learn the piano very well then sign up for classes with a piano teacher, purchase many different piano books, sign up for online piano lessons, purchase instructional CD's and DVD's and also look for others (preferably pianist and musicians) who can give you tips on how to play well. The more number of methods you put together and learn the better your skills and technique gets.
3. Take a lot of advice from experts. Focus while you play and learn on the areas they tell you to. The method your teacher and books follow may be a bit different, but always listen to what they say; they actually know how to play the piano really well. Do what they tell you, it will actually help you improve your skills.
4. Practicing the piano should be the first priority for you. And no matter how much you study or how many classes you take, you are not going to learn the piano unless you practice for at least 10 minutes a day. And remember to always begin your practice with a warm up session and then move into the actual practice.
5. Always take time to learn music well, I would suggest you to go one measure at a time. Never as a beginner will you be expected to play a classical piece from start to end. You could actually only play classical pieces only after hundreds of hours of practice. In the mean time you will be expected to take it slow and learn each piece measure by measure. And once you are kind of perfect with the composition you could move to the next composition. And always practice the ones you have learnt at lest once a week to keep improving your skills and to help retain what you have learnt.